I think the problem is that in some cases text itself is difficult. (Anyone
been to a lecture where the presenter just spoke, with no visual aids, and
found it difficult to access the content of the lecture?
On the other hand, I think text to speech is a valuable aid to
comprehension in many cases, although often not an answer by itself.
fortunately it is becoming cheaper.
cheers
Charles
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, William Loughborough wrote:
AP:: "I question the ability of TTS to provide adequate accommodation by
itself. Perhaps you are working with a more advanced TTS device?"
WL: If the idealized text-to-speech "device" were a human reader would
it qualify? In cases where communication via spoken language is
ineffective how can we learn what works? Are we trying for a
"text-to-thought" system? In fact is language itself in question in some
cases?
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